Director of Admissions
Mike has worked closely with adolescents and their families for over a decade. He has supported students and parents in a variety of important roles including writing curriculum and teaching at a residential environmental education center in California, helping to develop and establish an international therapeutic boarding school in Central America, and guiding students and families through their personal and academic journeys as an educational consultant.
Mike’s commitment to education and the outdoors dates back to the early 1990’s when he participated in the Audubon Expedition Institute, a traveling school that focuses on environmental education. Since then he has also completed a NOLS course in Africa, and a self-designed undergraduate degree combining education, environmental studies, and sociology at the University of Redlands – Johnston Center for Integrative Studies. Mike is also currently pursuing a master’s degree in international education.
Additionally, Mike has followed his love of the wilderness across five continents by summiting Point Lenana on Mount Kenya, hiking through virgin old growth rainforest in Central America, canoeing through the cypress swamps of the Southeastern United States, skiing the Dolomites in Northern Italy, and exploring the ancient Andean city of Machu Picchu.
When not helping families learn about True North, Mike enjoys traveling to new and remote locations, cycling, reading, following baseball, and playing something that slightly resembles golf.